The Story of Chinese Fashion; The Story of Silk
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Jupiter , Florida, United States
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About This Item
China (?), 1930. Wooden. Very good. 16mo (18 x 12cm). Accordion book with brown wood covers, green textured chop on upper, head/tail edges black, fore-edges folding. 25 printed pages (reverse sides blank) containing 12 color prints on silk with paper backing and 13 pages of text on paper in Chinese and poor English. Professional (almost invisible) tear repair to verso of middle text page. Paste-down endpapers bubbling (water or glue issues?), but firmly attached.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1589
- Title
- The Story of Chinese Fashion; The Story of Silk
- Format/Binding
- Wooden
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- China (?)
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
Biblio member since 2012
Jupiter , Florida
About Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
Liberty Book Store, ABAA, FABA, IOBA, with offices in Jupiter Florida, is an online (and by appointment) antiquarian bookstore that BUYS and SELLS RARE and INTERESTING BOOKS. Our primary interests are the American Antebellum period, Association Copies, Automotive, Books With A Story, Floridiana, Maritime History, RR Donnelley bindings, and books of exceptional beauty or scarcity.
Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...